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padrone

noun

Definition of padrone

as in innkeeper

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Recent Examples of padrone Instead, much of this awkward English-language period piece focuses on peasants’ struggle to overthrow padrone control just after the First World War. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 June 2023

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Noun

The innkeeper is annoyed that his wife wants more conversation.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Her great-grandparents, innkeepers in modern-day Belarus, were massacred by the Nazis along with most of their town.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 June 2026

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Randall had allegedly been involved in a verbal altercation with 18-year-old patron Kim Kha Huynh shortly before the shooting.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Alongside Peter, Monahan began to rethink the modeling of his sculpture, with artist and patron determining the distance and grade of the slope by walking away from each other.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 10 Nov. 2026

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It’s been thirty years since the Emancipation Proclamation, but the Clarkes are still holding their own in a world where Tallulah’s bid to buy out her profligate landlord (Nathan Quay Thomas) results in violence and an untenable hike in the rent.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026
The business's landlord, Pan Pacific (Bel Air Village), LLC, is accused of knowing about the nightclub's operations and failing to require adequate security or address potential licensing violations.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

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